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The article deals with the concept of psychological condition of society, which is quite new for psychology. This concept is developed in the framework of so-called macropsychological approach. Various indices are often used to assess the condition of society, for example, so-called Happy Planet Index. This index, like the others, is determined on the basis of analysis of official statistical information and mass surveys. However, while using it objective and subjective indicators often do not coincide. The article proves the evaluability of the psychological condition of society based on the concept of psychological polarization, developed by French social psychologist S. Moscovici. The model and the technique, allowing to estimate a psychological condition of society in units of psychological polarization, are offered. The article presents the results of a pilot empirical study (n = 199), according to which the conclusion on the possibility to use the model for the society psychological condition assessment has been made.